Christian Appy
As seen in:
The New York Times,
HuffPost,
SFGate,
The Conversation,
VICE,
Chron,
Salon,
Mother Jones,
San Francisco Chronicle,
The Nation
and
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Christian Appy
Blank Checks for War: Congress Has Abdicated Its Power From Tonkin to Gaza
Blank Checks for War: Congress Has Abdicated Its Power From Tonkin to Gaza Christian Appy Aug 01, 2024, Common Dreams With the U.S.- backed carnage in Gaza continuing and the threat of growing violence looming throughout the region (in Lebanon, Iran, and who knows where else), we need to think more deeply than ever about how the American people have historically been excluded from foreign policy decision-making. An upcoming anniversary should remind us of what sent us down this undemocratic path.
Blank Checks for War: Congress Has Abdicated Its Power From Tonkin to Gaza
By Christian Appy / Common Dreams With the U.S.- backed carnage in Gaza continuing and the threat of growing violence looming throughout the region (in Lebanon, Iran, and who knows where else), we need to think more deeply than ever about how the American people have historically been excluded from foreign policy decision-making. An upcoming anniversary should remind us of what sent us down this undemocratic path. Sixty years ago, on August 7, 1964, U.S. Congress handed President Lyndon B.
Blank Checks for War: Congressional Abdication from Tonkin to Gaza
With the U.S.- backed carnage in Gaza continuing and the threat of growing violence looming throughout the region (in Lebanon, Iran, and who knows where else), we need to think more deeply than ever about how the American people have historically been excluded from foreign policy decision-making. An upcoming anniversary should remind us of what sent us down this undemocratic path.
Blank Checks for War: Congress Has Abdicated Its Power From Tonkin to Gaza | Common Dreams
With the U.S.- backed carnage in Gaza continuing and the threat of growing violence looming throughout the region (in Lebanon, Iran, and who knows where else), we need to think more deeply than ever about how the American people have historically been excluded from foreign policy decision-making. An upcoming anniversary should remind us of what sent us down this undemocratic path. Sixty years ago, on August 7, 1964, U.S. Congress handed President Lyndon B.
Blank Checks for War: Congressional Abdication from Tonkin to Gaza
Congress, for its part, continues to enable an ever more imperial presidency that decides when and where the U.S. goes to war. It almost never uses the power of the purse to reduce. Those Americans who prosper and profit the most from empire should be the first to serve it. And that service must be made mandatory, no exceptions, no way to buy out.
What Would Daniel Ellsberg Do?
May 24, 2024 I have been a history professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst for twenty years. On May 7, I was one of a handful of faculty members arrested for standing in support of hundreds of students who were engaged in nonviolent protest of university complicity in the ongoing slaughter and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. They want the school to divest from companies profiting from the carnage.
UMass Arrests: What Would Daniel Ellsberg Do? | Common Dreams
I have been a history professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst for 20 years. On May 7, I was one of a handful of faculty members arrested for standing in support of hundreds of students who were engaged in nonviolent protest of university complicity in the ongoing slaughter and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. They want the school to divest from companies profiting from the carnage.
UMass Arrests: What Would Daniel Ellsberg Do?
I have been a history professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst for twenty years. On May 7, I was one of a handful of faculty members arrested for standing in support of hundreds of students who were engaged in nonviolent protest of university complicity in the ongoing slaughter and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. They want the school to divest from companies profiting from the carnage.
UMass Arrests: What Would Daniel Ellsberg Do?
Outside a federal court in Boston, Ellsberg was asked if he was worried about going to jail. His response: “Wouldn’t you go to prison to help end this war?” I have been a history professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst for twenty years. On May 7, I was one of a handful of faculty members arrested for standing in support of hundreds of students who were engaged in nonviolent protest of university complicity in the ongoing slaughter and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza.
'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christian Appy, UMass Amherst (THE CONVERSATION) In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War.
June 26 - July 2, 2023 By Christian Appy Daniel Ellsberg’s decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn’t happen in a vacuum In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War.
Christian Appy: ‘Courage is contagious’ - Daniel Ellsberg’s decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn’t happen in a vacuum
In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg responded with a question of his own: “Wouldn’t you go to prison to help end this war?” The classified documents Ellsberg released to The New York Times and 18 other newspapers were quickly dubbed the Pentagon Papers.
Daniel Ellsberg and the Courage Contagion
In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg responded with a question of his own: “Wouldn’t you go to prison to help end this war?” The classified documents Ellsberg released to The New York Times and 18 other newspapers were quickly dubbed the Pentagon Papers.
Christian Appy
To donate by check, phone, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page.
Daniel Ellsberg's Courageous Decision To Release The Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg's Courageous Decision To Release The Pentagon Papers - Honolulu Civil Beat
Christian Appy
Christian Appy – Honolulu Civil Beat
'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) kAmW%wt r~}'t#$p%x~}X x? `hf`[ H96? s2?:6= t==D36C8 2CC:G65 2E 2 7656C2= 4@FCE :? q@DE@?[ 2 ;@FC?2=:DE 2D<65 :7 96 H2D 4@?46C?65 23@FE E96 AC@DA64E @7 8@:?8 E@ AC:D@? 7@C =62<:?8 2 f[___\A286 E@A\D64C6E 9:DE@CJ @7 E96 ':6E?2> (2C] t==D36C8 C6DA@?565 H:E9 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]F>2DD]65F^6==D36C8^Qm2 BF6DE:@? @7 9:D @H?k^2mi “(@F=5?’E J@F 8@ E@ AC:D@?
'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum
Christian Appy, UMass Amherst June 16, 2023 (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christian Appy, UMass Amherst (THE CONVERSATION) In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War.
‘Courage is Contagious’: Daniel Ellsberg’s Decision to Release the Pentagon Papers Didn’t Happen in a Vacuum
In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg responded with a question of his own: ‘Wouldn’t you go to prison to help end this war?’ The classified documents Ellsberg released to The New York Times and 18 other newspapers were quickly dubbed the Pentagon Papers.
'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) kAmW%wt r~}'t#$p%x~}X x? `hf`[ H96? s2?:6= t==D36C8 2CC:G65 2E 2 7656C2= 4@FCE :? q@DE@?[ 2 ;@FC?2=:DE 2D<65 :7 96 H2D 4@?46C?65 23@FE E96 AC@DA64E @7 8@:?8 E@ AC:D@? 7@C =62<:?8 2 f[___\A286 E@A\D64C6E 9:DE@CJ @7 E96 ':6E?2> (2C] t==D36C8 C6DA@?565 H:E9 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]F>2DD]65F^6==D36C8^Qm2 BF6DE:@? @7 9:D @H?k^2mi “(@F=5?’E J@F 8@ E@ AC:D@?
Christian Appy: Ellsberg’s decision to release Pentagon Papers didn’t happen in a vacuum
In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg responded with a question of his own: “Wouldn’t you go to prison to help end this war?” The classified documents Ellsberg released to The New York Times and 18 other newspapers were quickly dubbed the Pentagon Papers.
'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum
By Christian Appy, Professor of History, UMass Amherst In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg responded with a question of his own: “Wouldn’t you go to prison to help end this war?” The classified documents Ellsberg released to The New York Times and 18 other newspapers were quickly dubbed the… Read complete article
'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum
(THE CONVERSATION) In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg responded with a question of his own: “Wouldn’t you go to prison to help end this war?” The classified documents Ellsberg released to The New York Times and 18 other newspapers were quickly dubbed the Pentagon Papers.
'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum
Christian Appy, UMass Amherst May 11, 2023 (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christian Appy, UMass Amherst (THE CONVERSATION) In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War.
'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) kAmW%wt r~}'t#$p%x~}X x? `hf`[ H96? s2?:6= t==D36C8 2CC:G65 2E 2 7656C2= 4@FCE :? q@DE@?[ 2 ;@FC?2=:DE 2D<65 :7 96 H2D 4@?46C?65 23@FE E96 AC@DA64E @7 8@:?8 E@ AC:D@? 7@C =62<:?8 2 f[___\A286 E@A\D64C6E 9:DE@CJ @7 E96 ':6E?2> (2C] t==D36C8 C6DA@?565 H:E9 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]F>2DD]65F^6==D36C8^Qm2 BF6DE:@? @7 9:D @H?k^2mi “(@F=5?’E J@F 8@ E@ AC:D@?
What Was Happiness for Industrial Workers?
How did industrialization impact not only the prosperity and welfare of the nineteenth-century British working classes but also their “happiness”? That’s the question that Jamie Bronstein sets out to answer in this book — not altogether satisfactorily, as she herself would probably acknowledge, but with a wealth of detail about the emotional lives of Victorian workers and their families along the way.
Class Dynamics Explain the Egyptian Revolution
The question of the spread of social unrest in Egypt is causally connected to the decline of traditional revenues from rent, oil, the Suez Canal, and foreign aid by 2000.1 These changes led to the increasingly prominent role of private capitalists in politics and in the economy.
The Left Needs Organizational Democracy
Terence Renaud’s New Lefts: The Making of a Radical Tradition has received a great deal of attention since its publication. Impressively wide-ranging in its research and scope, the book attempts to trace the political and intellectual lineage of a dissident radical tradition from the interwar period through the 1960s New Left.
Abandoning Afghans from the Start
President George W. Bush waves to military members at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, December 15, 2008. Image: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service Tactical critiques of the war's conduct are a distraction from U.S. imperialism.
How Richard Nixon's obsession with Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers sowed the seeds for the president's downfall Original
When Richard Nixon picked up the Sunday New York Times on June 13, 1971, he must have lingered on the smiling image of himself escorting Tricia – his “ethereal blond daughter,” as the paper described her – to her wedding in the White House’s Rose Garden. He was thrilled with the coverage. Then, to the right of the front-page photograph, was a story titled “Vietnam Archive: Pentagon Study Traces 3 Decades of Growing U.S. Involvement” – not exactly an electrifying headline.
Why Don’t Americans Know What Really Happened in Vietnam?
Instead of confronting the truth, we scrubbed the record clean—and we’re still paying for it in Afghanistan and Iraq today. fb tw mail Print msg wa sms A napalm strike erupts in a fireball near US troops in South Vietnam, 1966 during the Vietnam War. (AP Photo) Ready to fight back? Sign up for Take Action Now and get three actions in your inbox every week. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation’s journalism. You can read our Privacy Policy here.
Tomgram: Christian Appy, From the Fall of Saigon to Our Fallen Empire
[Note for TomDispatch Readers: As you may remember, I recommended historian Chris Appy’s latest book, American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity, as the smartest thing written on the Vietnam War since Nick Turse’s Kill Anything That Moves. Appy is back today with a new piece geared to the 40th anniversary of Saigon’s fall. You can still get a signed, personalized copy of the book for a donation of $100 to this site.
The Fed Is Rescuing Capitalists Again
Nick Timiraos, a Wall Street Journal reporter, has written what’s known in the journalism trade as a “tick-tock” — a chronological view of some momentous event — of the Federal Reserve’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. As for what the enormous support operations the Fed has mounted over the last decade or four all means, there are a few pages of that in an epilogue.
What Was the Vietnam War About?
Christian G. Appy is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the author of “American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity.” Was America’s war in Vietnam a noble struggle against Communist aggression, a tragic intervention in a civil conflict, or an imperialist counterrevolution to crush a movement of national liberation? Those competing interpretations ignited fiery debates in the 1960s and remain unresolved today.
Opinion | What Was the Vietnam War About?
Moreover, critics argued, the primary roots of opposition to the American-backed government in Saigon were indigenous and deep rooted, not just in North Vietnam, but throughout the South. Indeed, from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s the bulk of Communist-led fighting was carried out by southern guerrillas of the National Liberation Front, known to its enemies as the Vietcong. Only after the war was well underway did large units from North Vietnam arrive on the southern front.
Exceptional Victims
This essay is featured in Boston Review’s print issue, Fifty Years Since MLK. Exactly a year before he was murdered, Martin Luther King, Jr., gave one of the greatest speeches of his life, a piercing critique of the war in Vietnam. Two thousand people jammed into New York’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, to hear King shred the historical, political, and moral claims that U.S. leaders had invoked since the end of World War II to justify their counterrevolutionary foreign policy.
Exceptional Victims
Image: Aftermath of the Tet Offensive in Saigon, 1968 / manhhai The resistance to the Vietnam War was the most diverse and dynamic antiwar movement in U.S. history. We have all but forgotten it today. This essay is featured in Boston Review’s print issue, Fifty Years Since MLK. Order your copy today. Exactly a year before he was murdered, Martin Luther King, Jr., gave one of the greatest speeches of his life, a piercing critique of the war in Vietnam.
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Christian
Contact Christian, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack